West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-10-27
FORBIDDEN HONEY.
DIR. TALMAGE's SUNDAY SERMON.
The Evils That Come TO Us in Seduc-
tive Ways.

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The honey bee is G most ingenious architect
Christopher Wren among insects n geome,
Ter drawing hexagons aud penaagons n free
booter robbing the fields OF pollen and aroma.
awondrous creature OF Goa, who 20 biography
written by Huber and Swammertian is nm
enchnntment for any lover of nature VIRGIL
celebrated the bee in his fable of AristI,iis
and Moses, and Samuel, aud David and Solo.
mon, and Jeremiah, and Ezekiel, and st
Jonn used the delicacies OF bee manufacture
ms Bible symbol. A miracle of formation IL
the bee; five eyes two tongues, the outer hav-
ing sheath OF protection hair on all sides OF
I.S tiny body 10 brush mp the particles Of
flowers; its flight so straight that all the world
knows OF the bee line. The honeycomb is n
palace such as no one but God could plan
and the honey bee construct; its cells
s soIiiet'InoS dormitory, sometimes store
house, and sometimes n cemetery These
winged tollers first make eight strips of
wax, and 10y their antennn. which arc 10
them hammer and chisel, and square and
plumb line, fashion them for use Two
and two, these workers SHINE the wall
III an acc dent happen they put up but
treSses or extra beams TO remedy the dam
age. When about the year 1770 an insect.
before unknown, in the night time attacked
the beehiYeS all over Europe and the men
who owned them were i'm vain TRYING, 10 MAN
something TO keep out the invader that was
the terror OF tho bcehives OF the continent it
was found that everywhere the bees had ar
ranged Tor their own protection. and built
before their honeycombs an especial wall of
wax with portfolios through which the bees
nlgut 90 10 ana FRO, but not large enough TO
9dihlt tne winged combatant, called tho
Sphinx Atropos
Do you know that the swarming OF the bees
Is divinely directedi The mother bee starts
Tor new home, and because of This the otLoS
bees of tho hive get into an excitement v,bici,
raises the heat OF the hive some four def,rees
and they must die unless they leave their
heated apartments, and they follow the
mother bee and alight on the branch OF n
tree, and cling TO each other and hold on
until committee OF two or three have ev
plored the region and found the hollow Of n
Tree or rock not far OF from stream of
water, and they here set up n new colony
and ply their aromatic industries. and piyya
themselves to the manufacture of the sacebn
rlne edible. But who can tell the chenlistrv
vi maj it mixture OF sweetness part of il the
very life of the bee and part of it tbs life of
the fields? no VI
Plenty of the luscious product WINS bong-
ing IN tho woods of Beth aven during tbe
~ sli,le OF Saui anu Jonathan. Their army was
IN pursuit OF an enemy that by Coils com
mand must be exterminated The solderv
were positively forbidden to stop II eat or;
thlns until the work was done II they DISC
Deyed they were accursed COMING tbrou,yb
the woods they found place where the hssss
nad been busy, great honey manufartorv
Honey gathered in the hoIioy of tho ,raa,
until 1t had overflowed upon the ground In
great PERCUSSION OF sweetness. All the army
obeyed orders md touched 10 not s1ve To1o
than and he not knowing the mil tary order
ABOUT abstinence, dippe thu end OF n stick ba
hao IN ms hand into the candle liquid. and
as, yellow and brown, and te nptinp n cyIovraj
on the end of the stick he put it 10 his month
and ate the honey. Judgment fell unon hin,
ana but FOR special intervention he wouId
nave oeFh sam. In my text jonathan an
nounces his awful mistake: al did but taSta
httle honey with the end OF the roll that was
In my hand, and, 10, must den Alas ybot
multtudes of people in all ages have besn
damaged by forbidden honey, by which /
foundation
out damaging and destructive.
corrupt literature, fascinating but deathfuI
comes IN TINS category. Where one Good
healthful-bOOk is read now thera arc go
hundred made up Of rhetorical trash CO..,
Sumed with avidity. When tho bow in Tho
cars comes through with a pile of puhIica1
LIONS look over the titles and notice that nine
out OF every ten of the books are denlatin~T
and injurious. All the way from Now VI
10 chicago or New Or,eaas motto, that Oh
9ecuonable books dominate Taste for n1ra
nteaTature IS poisoned by this scum OF the
publishing houses, Every book in which 80,
trlumphs over virture or in which n erlon,o,
Is thrown over dissipation. or which IeaI,es
you at its last line with less rcsperC for tho
marriage ma institution and less abhorrence
LOT the paramount is deDrass.on
OF your own moral character The
DOCK blndery may be attractive and tho Mot
dramatic and startling, AMI the stvle ~
ST,IlelnS sweet a9 the honey tn u Jonathan
ulpped up with his rod bat yOur host int p
ests forbid IL, your moral SAFETY forhiIs II
your God forbids It. and one t1t Of - ~, -,
lead to such BAD results that yo.I NAV -,
a. y, AZ tne close OF the cxperim NJ, or ut
tne close OF mismproved lifetime. ~ All
out taste little honey with IN rod that va,
IN my hand, and, To- / must dicri
.rCorrupt literature Is doin- more o-dav fo.
gtlon OF domestic life than any other
AUS. ElOpements, marital intrie,ties sIv,
correspondence, fictitious names 1fven a,
POStoihce windows, clandestine rnastinrs Ia
parks ana at ferry ite3 and in hotel No.
Sar5,,, a,,i con]uga Pariurie' are am)ng the
uaIhnaDie results. Whom a yvo.u,u So.,r,.v
or Old, It's her heal Thoroughly s.nrYs3
Win the modern novel she ia in m
paling peril But some one will saw. .. No
go - uIe 20 airojiy knaFish. a1l the psr
WIS 10 y Witc1nSly untrue an tn. fun
Of the story 50 exquisite, and all tho cbaroc
&Ts 50 enraptur.ng, / cannot quit them
ny Drothor, my sister, yOI can find STYLES OF
literature Just as charming that will elevate
ana purty and cunoble, and Chrisfianile
Wnile they please. The devil does NOT own
az the money. There is wealth of GOOD
DOCKS coming forth from orr puhIie6in~g
houses Jhat leaves no excuse for the choice II
That which is debauch.ug T. BODY mind AMI
soui- TO 20 some intelligent man or woman
an ask for list Of books that will be
buengt hentng 90 your mental and moral
eOn1ltipn Lille IS 80 short and your time FOR
iiipi oNeinenJ so abbreviated that you can
not anord 70 I'M up with husks ana cinders
AMI debris. In the iufcrsticog of buqiuoes
that young man Is reading that which ,viu
prepare him 20 be a merchant prince and
that young woman Is filling her mind with am
lntfI igence that will yet either make her tho
chlei attraction of a good mans home or give
her an Independence Of character that will
quahiy her TO build her own home and main
taln % 300 happiness that requires no aug
Hifhtatipn from any Of rurrOugher Sex That
young man OF young woman can by the right
literary and moral Improvement of tho snare
ten minutes here or there in every dav' rice
mead and shoulders FRI prosperity and oharqc-
JeF ana influence above The l0ungora who
read nothing, or read that which bod,varfg
roo nll the forests of good American Iitera-
tufe dripping with honey Why pick an the
honeycombs that have n them fhe forv bs1s
Whlcn VIII sting you with au eternal robson
Wiuie you taste IT. One BOOK may for Won OH
me decide everything for this world ana the
!ieAt. lg wa a turning point with INC when
pa WynkOops bookstore, Syracuse. one
Gay ! picked up a book called "The
beautie3 ~ kusk.un 10 was only n book Of
eHHactsi but it was ali pure honey aud
J was not satisfied until had purchased aii
ms works Or that time expensive beyond au
cay capacity 90 own them and what a
heaven J went through in rend .uy h.s H-oveu
lamp ~ Architecture. aud bis stone III
venice Dr. ls iupD aib.e for ms 10 de.cr.ba
eHcept Dy saying That DO give ms "a rauture
Tor good books and on everlasting dfsa.f.f FOR
decrept or immoral ogts that ,yiu .qst rre
while my Immortal slul a.ta AN argruI
she church 8nd OBJ. world today trer. ar.
busy BOB ene ri .Uf ienr.... , II